Since the COVID-19 lockdowns began, Anglicans around Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have burst into online spaces with new vigour to worship and connect with one another while physically apart.

As the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand Polynesia closely monitors its response to the COVID-19 lockdown, all Anglican church buildings remain officially closed and all meetings in person including General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui have been postponed until further notice.

The Lambeth Conference of Bishops of the Anglican Communion has been postponed to 2021.

The Anglican Church has issued a ‘stay safe’ call to all church members who are in the coronavirus ‘at-risk’ groups. All Anglicans over the age of 70 or with existing health conditions that elevate their Covid-19 risk have been asked to rāhui themselves for their own sake and that of their whānau, rather than gathering with others at church services tomorrow.

The Archbishops and Bishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have called for Anglican churches to suspend all in-person public services of worship following services on this Sunday 22 March.
• Faith groups across Aotearoa suspend gatherings
• Catholic bishops temporarily suspend all masses

This week Anglican Financial Care has reassured Christian KiwiSaver Scheme members that their closely managed KiwiSaver funds have a strong chance of weathering the COVID-19 storm as well as possible.

Anglican churches across Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia are being asked to modify their Sunday worship practices to protect the most vulnerable members of our society from the spread of the Coronavirus Covid-19.

Both the Waikato Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul’s Cathedral Dunedin have installed deans who are new arrivals to their cities and dioceses.

Anglican Missions has announced three 2020 Lenten Appeal projects that will aim to support health and disability services in the Diocese of Jerusalem, and roof three new church buildings in Tanzania’s Diocese of Mara.